Zone Startups India will focus on the ‘Zone School of Code’ in a bid to provide quality talent to the sector. The accelerator, which was set up by the BSE Institute in partnership with Toronto’s Ryerson Futures Inc, recently secured Rs 3 crore in grant from National Science &…
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Growth liberating Budget sought by Advaiya
Advaiya, a company providing marketing and productivity services to enterprises and technology companies across globe, seeks a budget that delivers on growth with fiscal prudence. The falling oil prices should be taken advantage to bridge the global competitiveness gap and pump-prime the economy …
EduBridge learning raises $2.5 million in series A round
EduBridge, a Mumbai-based skill development platform that provides services to youth in semi-urban and rural areas, raised $2.5 million (Rs 17.1 crore) in a series A round led by Insitor Impact Asia Fund and Acumen Fund. The firm plans to use the money to expand operations to Gujarat, Odisha, Jha…
MSME Growth to be New Mantra of Govt | President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee has indicated MSME development, which has large-scale job creation potential, will be the new mantra of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government which presents its second full budget on February 29. In his address to the joint sitting of Parliament, Mukherjee said Mo…
Women entrepreneurs should start up new enterprises | Nirmala Sitharaman
Only eight per cent of the start-ups in the country are run by women and hence, women entrepreneurs should come up with more enterprises, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said. She was speaking at a session on Start-Up India organised by Young Indians (Yi), Con…
Start-up to give Mumbai’s kaali-peeli taxis a tech facelift
An NRI techie, who’s come back from the US, promises to remove inefficiencies in the ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxi system in Mumbai and similar services in other top cities in the country. It has signed 1,600 cab drivers to join the network. Fresh with a licence from the Maharashtra government to run a cab …
Startup India and Viacom18 join hands
Viacom18, the television media house that owns and runs channels Colors and MTV, has signed an agreement with the Union government’s department of industrial policy and promotion’s Start-Up India project. It will launch a year-long ‘outreach programme’ for entrepreneurs, c…
SmashUp to facilitate funding for 10 Start-ups
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) will be organising SmashUp, a competition with an instant funding opportunity for startups, in Hyderabad from February 27. Designed to enable the startups to learn the art of building successful ventures from mentors and successful entrepreneurs, SmashUp will provide…
Start-Ups to offer record salary increase in 2016 , Survey
Even though there is a fear of consolidation in the start-up ecosystem, the salary increase in this sector has been projected to be the highest among all sectors for 2016. Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions’ business of Aon plc, has projected a 15.6 per cent pay …
Woffr app to empower e-Commerce experience
Shopping experience is all set to get better with Woffr, an O2O (offline to online) solution on mobile, ready to empower users with relevant information regarding offers and deals on brands, nearby stores and users’ payment cards at the time of need. The app is an initiative of MyWolet Services P…